GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection. It's the de facto standard C compiler on Linux and supports many other languages and platforms as well.
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How to specify enum size in GCC?
I want to specify an enumeration size of 64 bits for an enumeration. How is this possible through GCC? The code does not need to be 'portable' in that I am only interested in making the code work on ...
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Keep an exported function from being deleted by the linker
I have a program that statically links with several c++ libraries that export a few functions:
extern "C"
{
KSrvRequestHandler* CreateRequestHandler( const char* name );
bool ...
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How to get Cuda to use gcc 4.6
I am trying to install Cuda on my machine and as usual it causes problem with gcc 4.7 when trying to run the installer.
I have now installed gcc 4-6 which should work and I am now thinking about the ...
cuda
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GCC transparent union
So I have a union defined like:
typedef union
{
uint8_t *b1;
uint16_t *b2;
uint32_t *b3;
uint64_t *b4;
} buffer_u __attribute__((__transparent_union__));
And a functions defined like:
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Buffer overflows on 64 bit
I am trying to do some experiments with buffer overflows for fun. I was reading on this forum on the topic, and tried to write my own little code.
So what I did is a small "C" program, which takes ...
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'configure' failing with Android NDK standalone toolchain
I'm trying to build something with the Android NDK standalone compiler toolchain, but I'm getting this error:
Updating bundled third-party dependencies...
bash -c 'mkdir -p ...
android-ndk
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GCC: Switch to make Application Quit Console
I have a GUI application and I use GCC in Ubuntu Linux to build it. The application builds correctly and runs correctly. The problem is, when I Quit the Application via Menu it Exits but hangs on ...
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gcc-arm Compiler produce different object file for the same source file
Using the GCC compiler for ARM (windows) :
arm-none-eabi-gcc.exe (Sourcery CodeBench Lite 2012.09-63) 4.7.2 version
I have got different object file produced every ~5 times i compiled the same ...
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Compiling C Project error for “-std=gnu90”
I'm trying to cross compile from Windows 7 using Cywin, GCC, Eclipse, and OpenOCD to load the program onto an ARM microcontroller. I keep getting issues though, when trying to build my project, ...
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Importing a symbol from C file into linker script
I have created a section called .co_stack in my C file and have an array called pulStack to define the area.
#define STACK_SIZE 0x00003000 /*!< Stack size (in Words) */
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Cross-compiling open-source c library for iOS and XCode 4.3
I'd like to use the excellent stringencoders library in an iOS application. It's a fairly typical c library, with a configure script generated by autoconf and a makefile.
What I'd like to do is ...
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How much optimized is Vala generated C code over hand written C code?
Is Vala generated code are optimized like normal hand-written C code? Is there any performance overhead in using GObject system over not using it?
NOTE: In my next C project I am researching over to ...
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G++ name mangling of global const variables
Can someone help me understanding the gcc name mangling conventions?
Consider the following test code
#include <stdio.h>
const int x = 42;
int y = 42;
int main( int argc, const char* argv[] ...
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It's possible to have a more modern compiler on iOS?
For those who did the jailbreak on their iOS devices, there's the possibility to have the gcc compiler directly on iOS, allowing the direct build of utilities and apps, without losing one's head by ...
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How can I use gcc by installing Cygwin on a Windows machine?
i have installed the cygwin package for my netbeans IDE. I can use that in netBeans project. But now I want to use the gcc compiler from a cmd prompt. How can I do that?
In Linux we open a terminal ...
